Visual Analytics software for insights from big data

A new in-memory business intelligence (BI) solution from SAS uses a highly visual interface to bring powerful analytics to a broader class of users than ever before. SAS Visual Analytics, the newest product in the SAS High-Performance Analytics family from the leader in business analytics, provides a fast, simple and cost-effective path to business insight and better decisions.SAS Visual... By sanjay.gupta gupta

54% of Corporate apps in APAC to be cloud apps by 2014

Large companies in Latin America and Asia Pacific are the most aggressive adopters of the cloud computing paradigm, while their European and US counterparts remain conservative about shifting applications to the cloud. A study by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), involving senior managers and corporate IT executives from over 600 large companies across the globe, reveals that while cloud... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Largest cloud deployment of its kind for hospitals

HCL Infosystems has been chosen as a strategic technology partner by Narayana Hrudayalaya (NH) Hospitals. The tieup is the result of a rigorous evaluation and proof-of-concept exercise which took almost a year to come to fruition.HCL blu Enterprise Clouds Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solution is being deployed across 22 NH hospitals and has been already rolled out in Bangalore, Ahmedabad,... By sanjay.gupta gupta

So, how many tablets are sold in India?

Despite a series of low-cost media tablet launches in the second half of 2011, Apples iPad has managed to maintain its premier position in the Indian market with 51% market share in 2011, according to a study by ABI Research.Samsungs achievement at extending its success in the handset segment to the tablet segment, with its Galaxy Tab, allowed Samsung to occupy the second spot with 24% market... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Capgemini, SAP join hands for mobile solns

SAP AG and Capgemini have announced an agreement to co-develop a mobile sales execution solution and a joint go-to-market plan for the next five years. This follows the global managed mobility agreement Capgemini signed with SAP and Sybase in September 2011.The new announcement focuses initially on the consumer products sector to design a mobile application solution for companies selling... By sanjay.gupta gupta

New solution to connect people, process and technology

Honeywell has announced the global launch of Intuition Executive, the flagship product of its new Intuition software portfolio, which delivers enterprise-wide information management, decision support and collaboration tools.Companies in the process industries often use dozens of applications and hundreds of spreadsheets to manage complex production operations, monitor processes and make... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Handling Data Growth

As IT becomes pervasive, data is growing in a geometrical progression. Mobility is adding another dimension to this data growth: consider the fact that 48 million people worldwide do not have access to electricity but they have mobile phones! By 2015, the number of such people will reach 125 million. And besides mobility, there are several other factors that will make data pile up from just... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Intelligence, Multiplied

Business intelligence (BI) is often considered as a white elephant, and IT managers are seen grappling with the challenges of empowering their organisation with BI solutions. Most, however, agree that change in business dynamics has revolutionised information consumption and usability pattern. There are umpteen reasons for deploying BI solutions. As per an IT Next survey, BI is one of the... By sanjay.gupta gupta

New services to maximize network performance

HP has launched its Network Infrastructure Optimization Services portfolio, designed to help customers evaluate and improve their network flow and infrastructure to ensure a quality user experience. The increasingly mobile workforce requires instant connectivity to applications and data to effectively do their jobs regardless of their location. As a result, requests are not only coming from... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Oracle aims to simplify mgmt of highly available databases

Oracle has announced its partner-led strategy to offer affordable and integrated technology solutions for the mid-market segment in India.As part of this strategy, Oracle is leveraging its ecosystem of partners to enhance adoption of Oracle Database Appliance (ODA), a new engineered system consisting of hardware and software that saves mid-size companies/departments time and money by simplifying... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Worldwide SCM software market grows 12.3% in 2011

The worldwide supply chain management (SCM) software market totaled $7.7 billion in 2011, a 12.3 percent increase from 2010, according to Gartner, Inc.It was the second year of double-digit growth for the SCM software market as supply chain investments kept their priority status and moved forward, despite caution from IT budget decision makers."Despite ongoing economic uncertainty, the market... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Indian IT infrastructure mkt to cross $2 bn this year

The Indian IT infrastructure market comprising servers, storage and networking equipment will reach $2.05 billion in 2012, a 10.3 percent increase over 2011, according to Gartner, Inc. The IT infrastructure market is expected to reach $3.01 billion by 2016. Technologys role in the enterprise is increasing and ITs closer alignment with business, and vice versa, is a topic of much focus within... By sanjay.gupta gupta